# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yamakawa-kenjiro
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:44:17.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yamakawa-kenjiro"
name: "Yamakawa Kenjirō"
slug: "yamakawa-kenjiro"
description: "Baron Yamakawa Kenjirō  was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also served as a Privy Councilor and a member of the House of Peers. Though his name is commonly written \"Yamakawa,\" he himself wrote it as \"Yamagawa\" in English."
tagline: "Japanese physicist (1854-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenjiro_Yamakawa_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1854-09-09"
deathDate: "1931-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.684821333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%B7%9D%E5%81%A5%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "山川健次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ياماكاوا كينچيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamakawa_Kenjir%C5%8D"
    title: "Yamakawa Kenjirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamakawa_Kenjir%C5%8D"
    title: "Yamakawa Kenjirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamakawa_Kenjir%C5%8D"
    title: "Yamakawa Kenjirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%B7%9D%E5%81%A5%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "山川健次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%88%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80_%EA%B2%90%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "야마카와 겐지로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump